Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras (Eletrobras) and Companhia Paranaense de Energia (Copel), two major electric utilities companies in Brazil have announced that they suffered ransomware attacks over the past week.
0It has been another quiet week for ransomware, though we did have some interesting stories come out this week.
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Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
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Romanian cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a free decryptor for the DarkSide ransomware to allow victims to recover their files without paying a ransom.
0Ransomware negotiation firm Coveware has placed the DarkSide operation on an internal restricted list after the threat actors announced plans to host infrastructure in Iran.
0There were not many known large ransomware attacks this week, but we have seen ransomware operations evolving their tactics to extort their victims further.
0The DarkSide Ransomware operation claims they are creating a distributed storage system in Iran to store and leak data stolen from victims. To show they mean business, the ransomware gang has deposited $320 thousand on a hacker forum.
0The operators of Darkside ransomware have donated some of the money they made extorting victims to nonprofits Children International and The Water Project.
1North American land developer and home builder Brookfield Residential is one of the first victims of the new DarkSide Ransomware.
0While it wasn't a big week for new ransomware variants, we did learn about some ransomware attacks against very large organizations.
0A new ransomware operation named DarkSide began attacking organizations earlier this month with customized attacks that have already earned them million-dollar payouts.
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